Defence Act 1990

Terms and conditions of service in the armed forces - Miscellaneous provisions relating to service

50B: Protection of employment when situation of national interest declared

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You are protected under the Volunteers Employment Protection Act 1973 if you are an employee in the territorial forces or reserve forces. You must be undertaking special service under section 50. Your employer must have employed you at the start of the period when the special service was declared, as stated in an order made under section 50A, which can be found via a link to https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM410172

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Part 4Terms and conditions of service in the armed forces
Miscellaneous provisions relating to service

50BProtection of employment when situation of national interest declared

  1. Part 3 of the Volunteers Employment Protection Act 1973 applies to—

  2. every employee—
    1. who is a member of the territorial forces or the reserve forces or other person; and
      1. who undertakes special service under section 50; and
        1. whose obligation to undertake that service under section 50 arises from the acceptance, during a period specified in an order made under section 50A, of an offer that was made by the member or other person under section 50; and
        2. who was, at the beginning of the period specified in the order made under section 50A, employed by an employer.
          Notes
          • Section 50B: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Defence Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 13).